st normal day of practice after Hurricane Isaac hit town, the Tulane football team had anything but a normal workout at the Westfeldt Practice Facility Tuesday morning.

First-year Coach Curtis Johnson suffered from a heat “fatigue” incident Tuesday during practice, according to the athletic department, and was transported from the facility on Ben Weiner Dr. to a local hospital for treatment and further testing.

"CJ is doing fine,” Green Wave team physician, Dr. Greg Stewart said in Tuesday’s media luncheon. “He is sitting there talking with (doctors). They're going to finish up some of the bloodwork. None of the results are really back yet. ... He's doing fine. He's talking and cutting up like he normally does so we're expecting the results to come back and for him to be released shortly."

Quarterback Ryan Griffin said he never noticed his head coach ailing or having any trouble though the team practiced for about a half hour after Johnson’s needed medical attention.

“(Johnson) worked out before practice so that’s probably what it was,” Griffin said. “It wasn’t just practice, it was him working out I think.”

Co-defensive coordinator Lionel Washington, a close friend of Johnson’s as well, said the staff did its best to finish the practice while the team’s medical personnel worked on Johnson on the sideline.

“When we were out there, he was pretty much out there the entire practice,” Washington said. “The doctors had him on the ground just lying there. When the defense was up, I made sure the defense was going. I was making sure we were running things correctly and once the offense was up, I would run over and make sure he was doing okay – just to hear him talk and the doctors were talking. He was doing pretty well at that time so then the defense would come back and I’d run back on the field. It was different. I never had that happen to me before in my whole coaching career or playing career as far as that goes. That’s a little scary but we had a great practice.”

Washington commended the medical staff for so swiftly attending to Johnson and getting him to the hospital for follow-up treatment and monitoring.

“The medical staff did a great job. They were on top of it,” Washington said.

Senior right tackle Eric Jones said he found out Johnson wasn’t well when a couple of teammates pointed out the medical staff treating him on the sideline.

“I personally didn’t notice him collapse or anything,” Jones said. “They did a pretty good job of kind of taking him off to the side and doctors immediately started working on him and that kind of stuff. Like I said, you get to practice, you get in that mindset and you just kind of keep going. You don’t even think about it.”

Linebackers/Speical Teams Coach Barry Lamb pulled the team in for a concluding practice huddle.

“There is going to be a lot of adversity whether it is game or practice and you just kind of continue,” Jones said. “Coaches just flowed right through practice and we continued to go and you take your mind off of that and you continue to practice to the end. We had a little prayer for him and they told us he was fine, he was alright so you just kind of keep moving on.”

As far as the rest of the week goes, Washington said the coaches are clear on their practice plans and meeting schedules.

“He gave us all our instructions for the week (previously) so we know exactly what we need to do and how to do it,” Washington said early Tuesday afternoon. “That’s why in a couple of minutes, we’re going to get together defensively, we’re going to meet, let everyone know what we are doing and move on from there.”

Johnson was still in the hospital Tuesday afternoon, awaiting the results of blood tests and further medical directions. Washington said Johnson has always been a dedicated fitness guy and the hot, humid conditions combined with the workout and lack of fluids might have contributed to his condition.

“That’s what he’s done all of his life,” Washington said of Johnson’s workouts. “He’s worked hard and he’s worked hard and he’s worked hard. That’s all he knows is hard work. It’s one of those things where I don’t think he was hydrated and he didn’t drink to get the proper fluids in his body and that’s happens sometimes.

But hey, that’s a reflection of how he is trying to build this team –with hard work and character. He’s trying to toughness and that’s what he represents.”